NMAT 2025: Registration (Last Date Oct 18), Exam Dates (Nov 5 to Dec 19), Eligibility, Syllabus, Pattern

As per the NMAT exam pattern, as many as 108 questions are asked from three sections collectively. Each section of NMAT exam has 36 questions. The sections for NMAT exam with question weightage is as follows:

• Language Skills: 36

• Logical Reasoning: 36

• Quantitative Skills: 36

Candidates need to answer all the questions within 120 minutes. The 120 minute time-frame of NMAT exam is divided into sectional time frames. Questions under each section must be answered within the specified time limit.

Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) conducts NMAT exam with a aspirant first approach. Therefore, GMAC provides several facilities, including the retake attempts, rescheduling window, etc. Unlike other MBA entrance exams, the NMAT exam is held over a period of approximately 90 days. An examinee can appear for the test three times during this window, including the first attempt and two retake attempts. This opportunity is provided to the candidates to improve their score. In the previous session, an additional phase of the exam was conducted from January 11 to 15. During the additional window, candidates who did not appear for all three attempts were allowed to apply for NMAT exam for an improved score.

GMAC conducts NMAT with a aspirant-first approach. Candidates can appear for NMAT three times during one exam session. That means, GMAC provides one main attempt and two retake attempts for the NMAT exam. The meaning of retake of the NMAT exam implies that any applicant can attempt the test thrice, including the first attempt. In other words, the process of reappearing for the exam is known as exam retake. Candidates aspiring for a retake attempt have to apply using the NMAT retake window. However, candidates can reappear for the exam, not before 15 days after the first attempt. Similarly, third exam attempt can only be scheduled on a date 15 days after the second attempt for NMAT exam.

Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) conducts NMAT exam in an online mode. Online NMAT exam is conducted from Pearson VUE centres situated across India. Candidates need to appear at the chosen test centre to appear for the computer based NMAT exam. At the NMAT exam centre, each candidate is allotted a computer system where he/she has to login to take the test. Once the candidate logs in to the computer system, the responses will be recorded against the test taker ID. Further, this test taker ID will be helpful while evaluating performance of indicidual test takers.

GMAC facilitates NMAT registration window once every year. Registration for the NMAT exam is accepted one time in one exam session. Since candidates can take the test thrice, GMAC facilitates the NMAT retake registration window soon after the exam window starts. For an attempt over and above the regular attempt, candidates have to use the NMAT retake registration window. Besides the NMAT registration and NMAT retake registration, the candidate portal also hosts a scheduling window. This scheduling window helps candidates to choose the exam slot and exam venue. The allotment of exam slot and test centre is done on first-cum-first-serve basis.

Yes, questions under each section of NMAT exam are to be answered within a specified time limit. NMAT exam has three sections. The total time to answer all questions across sections in the NMAT exam is 120 minutes. The 120 minutes of NMAT exam is divided as mentioned below:

NMAT Section	NMAT Sectional Time Limit
Language Skills	28 minutes
Logical Reasoning	40 minutes
Quantitative Skills	52 minutes
Total	120 minutes

Candidates need to adhere to the time-limit as the responses marked within the specified time-frame will be submitted automatically once the time is over. 

NMAT registration typically commence in the first week of August every year. The registration process starts on August 1 every year, with the last date lying in the month of October.

Candidates must complete the NMAT registration before the deadline to appear for the exam. Candidates who wish to retake the exam later within the current testing widnow are also required to apply before the last date.

For real-time updates on exam dates of NMAT exam, follow NMAT exam date and schedule.

NMAT exam is conducted for admission to more than 45 b-schools in India. The exam eligibility criteria can vary from the eligibility criteria of a particular institute. Additionally, MBA eligibility conditions for all participating institutes can vary. However, the NMAT exam eligibility remains the same. The space below mentions the NMAT eligibility criteria:

• Candidate must have a bachelor's degree, completed under 10+2+3 or four years of education pattern, irrespective of the stream.
• Aggregate score in the graduation degree level should not be less than 50 per cent the final year of the degree course.
• Candidates waiting for results or are currently in the final year of graduation are eligible to apply for NMAT exam.

Those who are yet to pass the bachelor's degree course get a provisional admission until the graduation mark sheet and certificate of the qualifying examination are submitted at the participating institute.

NMAT by GMAC registration is now open. Candidates aspiring for MBA admissions through NMAT can expect to apply for the exam until October 10. As per the NMAT examination process in the past exam sessions, GMAC conducts the NMAT exam from within a testing window facilitated until the third week of December. Candidates can appear for the NMAT exam thrice during this window. Candidates have to complete the retake registration to apply for another exam take.

No, for NMIMS School of Business Management MBA admission it is mandatory to appear for the NMAT by GMAC™ national entrance test. Candidates seeking admission to the MBA course must complete the NMAT registration process before proceeding with the NMIMS application process. NMIMS School of Business Management admission to MBA courses is based on valid NMAT scores only. 

Answer is yes, surely you will be eligible for NMAT based colleges for admissions, but you will have to apply on every college website one- by -one separately according to your subject preference and score card of NMAT.

Thereafter, all colleges will provide their merit list of selected students.

Go to college and complete your procedure of admission.

NMAT scorecard is compiled of scaled and percentile scores. Here is the basic difference between scaled scores and percentile scores in NMAT exam- Scaled Scores - The test forms are equated to account for any difference in the overall difficulty and the raw test scores are normalised on a common scale to arrive at scaled scores. Percentile Score - The percentile rank or score is an indicator of score/rank of the candidate as compared to the score/rank of all the other test-takers. NMAT participating institute may accept any of the scores for admission based on NMAT exam.

Scheduling the NMAT exam refers to choosing a time slot for the test. Aspirants can schedule the test by paying the registration fee. Via the scheduling window, candidates can select the date, venue, time slot for the NMAT exam. Candidates can, however, reschedule the date using the NMAT rescheduling window if they, due to some unforeseen reason, are not able to appear for the test on the scheduled date. Besides the scheduling and rescheduling window, there is another provision available in NMAT known as retake scheduling and retake rescheduling. It implies that candidates can retake the exam, if they wish to, by applying for the retake exam schedule option. Similarly, the retake exam scheduled earlier can be rescheduled if the candidates are unable to appear for the retake exam on the scheduled date.

Retake option for the NMAT exam is available in the candidate's existing registration account after the first attempt. The option to retake the test is present in the Retake tab in the dashboard of the candidate account. Candidates have to wait 15 days before retaking the NMAT exam again. It is subject to payment of the application fee. Candidates can retake the NMAT exam twice during the test window. That brings total attempts in one exam session to three. To apply for each attempt, candidates have to pay the application cum exam fee. Besides applying for retake, candidates who wish to take only one attempt can also do so. In such cases, the available score will be sent to the selected colleges.

The date, time slot and exam venue will be printed on the NMAT admit card. It is a chain of the process; first, the candidate will have to schedule the test using the 'schedule test' option available under the exam tab on the candidate dashboard in NMAT by GMAC account. The test scheduling option will be available after they have received a confirmation email from the exam conducting authority about the receipt of the NMAT application fee. Candidates can then choose the date and time slot of the test as per their convenience for NMAT by GMAC exam. The facility to book date and time slot along with the selection of preferable locations of the test centre is available on a first-come-first-serve basis.

GMAC conducts NMAT with a aspirant-first approach. Candidates can appear for NMAT three times during one exam session. That means, GMAC provides one main attempt and two retake attempts for the NMAT exam. The meaning of retake of the NMAT exam implies that any applicant can attempt the test thrice, including the first attempt. In other words, the process of reappearing for the exam is known as exam retake. Candidates aspiring for a retake attempt have to apply using the NMAT retake window. However, candidates can reappear for the exam, not before 15 days after the first attempt. Similarly, third exam attempt can only be scheduled on a date 15 days after the second attempt for NMAT exam.

Candidates can download the NMAT admit card from the website until the exam date. Visit the official website of NMAT by GMAC. Candidates need to access the login portal to download the NMAT admit card. Those who had paid the registration fee and completed the exam scheduling process can download the NMAT exam admit card.

Candidates not completing the NMAT registration process should first complete the steps and then download the admit card.

Retake option for the NMAT exam is available in the candidate's existing registration account after the first attempt. The option to retake the test is present in the Retake tab in the dashboard of the candidate account. Candidates have to wait 15 days before retaking the NMAT exam again. It is subject to payment of the application fee. Candidates can retake the NMAT exam twice during the test window. That brings total attempts in one exam session to three. To apply for each attempt, candidates have to pay the application cum exam fee. Besides applying for retake, candidates who wish to take only one attempt can also do so. In such cases, the available score will be sent to the selected colleges.

The NMAT exam is conducted for MBA admission across multiple B -schools across India and abroad. Based on feedback from test takers of the past exam sessions, test takers found the exam to be moderate to tough in terms of difficulty standards. If compared with other MBA entrance exams, NMAT is comparatively easy as the candidates have the liberty to appear for the test three times and use the best scores for admission. Additionally, candidates can schedule the exam based on his/her convinience.

However, the level of difficulty can vary from year to year. Success in any entrance exam ultimately depends on the candidate's preparation and performance on the exam day.

The sections in CAT and NMAT exam are on similar lines. The space below mentions the similarities in the syllabus and exam sections:

1. Quantitative Aptitude in CAT and Quantitative Skills in NMAT: The Quantitative Aptitude section of the CAT and the Quantitative Skills section of the NMIMS Management Aptitude Test are both based on very similar topics. If the candidates prepare for the Quantitative Aptitude section of the Common Admission Test, which requires knowledge of higher-level topics, they can easily solve the Quantitative Skills section of the NMIMS Management Aptitude Test since the same foundation topics are covered thoroughly in the Common Admission Test preparation.
2. DILR in CAT and logical reasoning in NMAT: The DILR section in the Common Admission Test exam is a combination of data interpretation and logical reasoning, whereas, in the NMIMS Management Aptitude Test, the section is solely logical reasoning. These two sections of the respective exams are different from the other sections. As a result, anyone hoping to pass the NMAT by GMAC should devote enough time to studying for the reasoning section of the exam, as the syllabus covered in the CAT-D section will not suffice. 
3. VARC in CAT and Language Skills in NMAT: The VARC section of the Common Admission Test combined verbal ability and reading comprehension. Reading comprehension in Common Admission Test usually comes with tricky passages, whereas the passages in NMAT are relatively straightforward. Vocabulary- and grammar-based questions have more weight in the Language Skills section of the NMIMS Management Aptitude Test. However, the CAT VA will include reasoning-based questions. Students who want to prepare for NMIMS Management Aptitude Test and Common Admission Test at the same time must pay close attention to the Language Skills section of the NMIMS Management Aptitude Test after the Logical Reasoning section.

You may be eligible for admission to the best management colleges in India and abroad based on your NMAT score. Therefore, performing well on this exam becomes essential. You can use the following expert strategy to clear the NMAT:

1. Before beginning your preparation, familiarize yourself with the NMAT's syllabus and exam format.
2. Create a schedule to finish the NMAT syllabus.
3. Choosing the best books and study materials to cover the NMAT syllabus
4. To prepare for the Language section, concentrate on vocabulary since it is a key element of this section.
5. Develop reading habits and conceptual clarity in grammar to perform well on the language section.
6. Basic concepts should be conceptually clear and practiced in order to prepare the quantitative section.
7. You should practice a lot of questions on arrangements and puzzles in order to do well on the logical reasoning section.
8. Before the exam, go over all crucial ideas, calculations, and theorems several times.
9. Start practicing mock tests and previous year's questions one month before the exam.
10. Analysing mock results will help you continuously raise your score over time.

Candidates can take NMAT up to three times during one admission session. Candidates are allowed to register for NMAT and schedule an exam attempt. However, the acceptance of NMAT scores depends on the NMAT participating colleges. All NMAT colleges may not accept the NMAT scores from any of the three attempts. Some of the NMAT colleges, such as NMIMS will only accept the NMAT score from first exam attempt. Therefore, attempting NMAT exam three times will be of no use if the applican t is desirous of admission to any of the campuses of NMIMS.

Candidates are advised to check the admission policies issued by the NMAT participating colleges to know details on the NMAT score accepting rules.

NMAT exam is conducted by GMAC three times during one MBA admission session. GMAC facilitates the three exam takes within a testing window. The test window for NMAT ranges around 45 days. Once the candidate has a valid score, he/she can compete the retake registration process and schedule any date that is 15 days after the previous attempt.

Candidates can choose to appear for NMAT up to three times on chosen dates within the test window specified by GMAC. Of all the three test scores, best exam score is sent to the NMAT participating colleges, chosen by the applicant while filling the form.

No, you cannot join NMIMS without NMAT. Candidates need to appear for the course specific entrance exams conducted by the University. NMIMS also accepts several national-level entrance tests to admits students for UG, PG and PhD courses. 

Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) releases the NMAT scores immediately after the exam has been submitted. However, the scorecard is not downloadable immediately after the submission of responses. Candidates can download the NMAT scorecard within 48 hours of the test date. The scorecard can be downloaded and kept for future references while applying at different participating institutes. GMAC will share best of three exam scores within the NMAT participating institutes selected by the candidate while applying for the exam.

Candidates who take the NMAT exam get an email regarding the release of the scorecard. The scorecard is to be downloaded for future references at the time of admission. Graduate Management Admission Council, the conducting body of NMAT, will intimate the test takers about the release of the scorecard via an email. Typically, GMAC send an email for the release of official scorecard within 48 hours of the exam delivery. Alternatively, candidates will get the realtime updates on the release of NMAT results from shiksha's NMAT result article.

Yes, there is an option to review answers in the NMAT exam. Candidates can review as well as make changes in the answers in different sections within the slated sectional time limit. There is no option to move back and forth between sections. If a test taker moves to the next section, they will not be able to make any changes in the previous section. After the candidate submits the responses, NMAT score will appear on the screen. Once the candidate knows the NMAT score, he/she can plan the next attempt for the exam. The retake registration window is open for the candidate immediately after appearing for the NMAT exam.

More than 45 colleges across India accept NMAT scores for admission. As per the official website hosted by GMAC, NMAT participating institutes include

• SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies
• K J Somaiya Institute of Management
• Indian School of Business (ISB) (Advanced Management Programme in Business Analytics (AMPBA)
• SPJIMR (For PGMPW and GMP) 
• SDA Bocconi Asia Center (formerly MISB Bocconi)
• XIM University
• T. A. Pai Management Institute (TAPMI), A Constituent Unit of MAHE, Manipal All MBA Programs, India
• ICFAI Business School
• SOIL Institute of Management
• FLAME University 
• Stoa School
• Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab
• ISBR Business School
• Athena School of Management, Mumbai
• School of Business, Woxsen University
• IFMR Graduate School of Business
• Thapar School of Management
• SRM University, Delhi NCR, Sonepat
• Shiv nadar Institute of Management Studies
• School of Petroleum Management, PDPU
• Jain University
• CMS Business School
• ITM Business School, Navi Mumbai
• GITAM Deemed to be University, Visakhapatnam
• BML Munjal University
• Bennett University
• Universal Business School
• Indus Business Academy (IBA), Bangalore
• SRM University, Chennai 
• Chitkara university
• Alliance University
• Amrut Mody School of Management, Ahmedabad University
• MIT World Peace University, Pune
• BSE Institute Limited
• Amity University
• Jindal Global Business School, Delhi/NCR
• VIT University
• University of Petroleum & Energy Studies (UPES)
• IILM University
• Myra School of Business
• Mody University
• Hyderabad Business School, GITAM University
• Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab
• IIHMR University, Jaipur, Rajasthan
• IFIM College
• Jagdish Sheth School of Management
• ATLAS SkillTech University
• ISME School of Management and Entrepreneurship
• iMET Global
• Ansal University, Gurgaon
• Rishihood University

NMIMS offers admission to MBA course (Part-time) on the basis of NMAT scores. Candidates seeking admission to NMIMS Mumbai must appear for the NMAT exam and qualify for the same. Tabulated below is the NMIMS Mumbai NMAT cutoff 2023:

Master of Business Administration (MBA) (Part Time) - NMIMS School of Business Management, Mumbai : NMAT score Cutoff (General-All India)
Section	2022
Overall	212

 

NMAT, like any other Amity exam, is a speed-based test. Thus, the entire preparation must be aligned with this thought. Candidates need to follow NMAT preparation strategies, which helps them build speed and the accuracy level to answer questions in the test. To build speed and accuracy, candidates need to catch hold of the best books for NMAT preparation, five years of NMAT sample papers and attempt the mock tests. Keep the following points in mind to prepare for the test:

• Devote three to four months to build conceptual clarity on topics included in the Galgotias syllabus
• Analyse your preparation level by practising NMAT question papers
• Create notes of each topic while studying and revise them from time to time
• Discuss your doubts with peers and mentors to clear them

The table below shows some of the top NMAT accepting MBA colleges in Delhi NCR along with their NIRF ranking:

College Name	NIRF 2023
Amity University, Noida	28
Amity University Gurugram	81
Galgotias University	91

Candidates appearing for the NMAT exam will come across the unofficial scorecard immediately after submitting the test responses on the exam day. The score report for NMAT appears on the screen on submission of the responses. Candidates will recieve the NMAT scorecard with the sectional and overall scaled scores within 48 hours of appearing for the NMAT exam. However, the issuance of official scorecard for NMAT can be delayed subject to any test delivery incidences or audit of online exams. The issuance of the official NMAT scorecard will not take more than 5 to 7 working days.

NMAT official scorecard will be considered for admission to NMAT participating colleges.

The NMAT scores obtained by a medical school applicant at any given examination year are deemed sufficient and valid as basis for evaluating applicants for admission to a college of medicine. NMAT by GMAC allows you to self schedule the preferred NMAT by GMAC exam date to appear in NMAT exam. NMAT by GMAC exam offers three chances of taking the test including two retakes to improve your score. This gives students opportunity to do their best. NMAT is an important national level MBA entrance test leading to MBA Admission in NMIMS Mumbai and other top MBA colleges. GMAC is the exam conducting body for NMAT by GMAC. A score range between 230 to 240 which is around 90 percentile is a good score in NMAT Exam.

The sectional cutoff in NMAT is the minimum score required in each section of the exam in order to be eligible for admission to a particular B-school. The NMAT exam is divided into three sections:

• Language Skills
• Quantitative Skills
• Logical Reasoning

The sectional cutoffs are different for each B-school. Some of the participating institutes may or may not have any sectional cutoff score. Candidates who meet the overall cutoff score; however, do not meet the sectional cutoff scores are not eligible for the NMAT based admissions.

Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), the conducting body of NMAT exam, do not release the NMAT cutoff scores or percentile. The cutoff scores are released by the NMAT participating institutes at the time of the admission process. For NMAT exam conducted from October 10 to December 19, the MBA admission process at participating b-schools typically start from the month of November. While some b-schools also conduct the NMAT based MBA admission process from the month of February in the subsequent admission cycle.

NMAT mock test and the actual exam are identical in terms of the exam structure and overall difficulty standards of the exam. The user interface of the NMAT mock test may vary across service providers. However, candidates practising using the official NMAT mock test will get taste of the actual exam user interface.

NMAT mock test released by GMAC is a simulation of the actual exam. Questions, pattern, syllabus, and test structure are similar to the actual exam. However, the score of the NMAT mock test will not affect the admission process at the NMAT participating colleges. Mock test only helps in practicing and revision of the questions.

The conducting body of NMAT, Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), releases the NMAT preparation material. Candidates can buy the NMAT prep material online from Amazon or Flipkart. The online purchase of the NMAT guidebook will provide access to 264 questions from the past exam session, along with 173 new questions in line with the difficulty standards. Candidates also get access to the answers and solutions for these questions. Additionally, candidates get access a total of 475 questions with answer keys and explanations.

Besides the questions from the official guidebook, candidates applying for NMAT get access to one practise paper with 108 questions. Additionally, candidates can purchase two NMAT practise papers designed by GMAC for exam preparation.